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sure. but for decades republicans on the republican side, there was always the last time. you know who the front-runner was three years before the election, the 2008 election. at this point in 2006 it was rudy giuliani, the republican front-runner who didn t exactly do that well. now, we showed how independents were aligning themselves in this brand new orc poll with clinton versus christie back in december. christie actually beat hillary clinton with registered voters, 48%, 46%. this is all voters, democrats, independents. but now look at this. hillary clinton would beat christie 39% to 48%. this is a hypothetical election, obviously. if it weren t today. but it goes to show you the difference between december and february. well, a lot has happened for chris christie, right? and, you know, it s no surprise that the immediate reaction to even just the insinuation of a ....
Do the democrats have anybody that can beat governor christie? oh, sure. joe biden is likely to be the nominee if she doesn t run. and i think he can beat christie. he had pro found appeal in those tough swing states like ohio where it really matters. remember, that s what he did for obama in 2008 and 2012. he was the guy responsible for carrying pennsylvania and did a lot of the heavy lifting in florida. why are you so high on biden and he gets such bad press? it s easy to caricature him. voters relate to him, they relate to him in a very real way. if he gets to go out there and run, i don t think he ll run if hillary runs. people are going to like what they see. remember when brian williams asked him the question, what are you going to do about the fact that people think you talk too much. are you going to prove they re wrong? and he said yes, and just stopped. ....
That can beat governor christie? oh, sure. joe biden is likely to be the nominee if she doesn t run. and i think he can beat christie. he had pro found appeal in those tough swing states like ohio where it really matters. remember, that s what he did for obama in 2008 and tw2012. he was the guy responsible for carrying pennsylvania and did a lot of the heavy lifting in florida. why are you so high on biden and he gets such bad press? it s easy to caricature him. voters relate to him, they relate to him in a very real way. if he gets to go out there and run, i don t think he ll run if hillary runs. people are going to like what they see. remember when brian williams asked him the question, what are you going to do about the fact that people think you talk too much. are you going to prove they re wrong? and he said yes, and just stopped. this guy is a superb campaigner. ....
When ralph nader convinced a good chunk of his voters there was no difference between al gore and george w. bush. now, if glenn beck really wants to get out there and peddle this, then once again we re going to see a situation where there s just not going to be anybody pure enough for this particular wing of the party. and they re going to wind up kind of throwing the election to the democrats which is exactly what they don t want. but you can t make the perfect the enemy of the good on this. talking about throwing the election to democrats, dana, let s not get carried away. christie according to polls would still lose a 2016 matchup against hillary clinton. the nbc poll finds clinton would beat christie by ten points in a hypothetical matchup. well, sure. i mean, these polls are awfully early. if anything, democrats are in a difficult position now because of the troubles with the obama care rollout. ....